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Description of Tetragnatha montana (Shadow stretch-spider)
Physical Characteristics
Colour variable.
Female 7 to 13 mm.
Abdomen with an elongated, silver-white outlined golden leaf-shaped figure, golden wavy borders along the sides and black lines that can sometimes be quite thick.
Carapace brown to reddish brown.
Sternum uniformly dark brown.
Legs and palps light brown to reddish brown with faint dark annulations.
Male 6 to 8 mm.
Markings and colours almost identical to the female. Legs sometimes clearer annulated.
Habitat
In bushes and trees along shaded banks.
Distribution
Common in the whole of Europe.
Period
Spring, summer and autumn.